Hi all, new to this forum as I'm a BMW driver - sorry!
But..... my wife has just ordered a BE Sportback 2.0Tdi 140bhp Start Stop in Ibis White, so I've been reading this thread for a while now. It is her first ever company car and because of the new lower CO2 emissions, this was one of the best deals for her on the list she was given. The other option was a 1 Series but we both thought the A3 was a lot better in most areas. She's got an estimated delivery date of the end of March - she ordered it around Xmas time. I keep trying to convince her that Ibis is going to be OK, as she's not so sure. I actually talked her into white as she wanted Black, but as someone who tries to look after a cars paintwork and gets irritated by scratches, swirl marks and stonechips, I know what a nightmare black can be. I know the Audis look fab in black, but didn't like the look of the BE at the front with the black grille surround too - all looked a bit dour IMHO. After looking at some of the pictures on here of the Ibis cars, I'm more and more convinced we've chosen the right colour. We've also gone for non-titanium colour wheels, which I know most of you don't do, but we (sorry, I!) just prefer the silver wheels with the white.
We specced up with brushed aluminium inlays too, so we'll have to wait and see if it actually turns up with these.
When we ordered the car, we originally thought the fleet company had made a mistake as they gave the 2.0TDi 140bhp engine as only 115 CO2, but they were obviously bang up to date with the new Start-Stop engines. This made it a really good "buy" for us due to the tax she has to pay. We went to our local Audi garage to check about the emissions and they insisted that they were not 115. I told them about the figures on the fleet car site but they said "no sir, the BE does not come with 140bhp and 115 CO2". We've even checked, and I keep checking, on Audi's website and these new 2.0TDi's don't seem to be mentioned very much? Seems a bit srange. They seem to be banging on about the 1.6 diesel a lot, but not the 2 litre?
We also went for the "Comfort Pack", although it didn't really state what it included, but we presumed, and hoped, it would be cruise control, rear park sensors, auto lights and wipers etc?? The interior light pack and de badging were the other options we ticked.
Sorry for such a long post, if you have read this far - the "BMW" bit at the top probably put a few people off
Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to add some stuff to this excellent forum, including some pictures of the new car when it arrives,
Phil